Lumix BS1H to Sony Vegas Pro editing question: “Hello, I just purchased the Lumix BS1H camcorder to shoot high quality videos for my company, I have not used this kind of professional camcorders before, so I am not familiar with the importing and editing workflow. I have recorded some videos with Lumix BS1H and the recorded files are in MOV format, when I try to load H.265 MOV files from Lumix BS1H to Vegas Pro for editing, the Vegas Pro said the video format is not supported, should I convert Lumix BS1H MOV files to Sony Vegas Pro supported format? Hope you can give me some suggestions, thank you!”
This post is writing for Lumix BS1H users who are having issues while editing Lumix BS1H H.265 video files in Vegas Pro. It explains an easiest way to transcode Lumix BS1H H.265 footage to MPEG-2 MPG for editing in Sony Vegas Pro fluidly.
The Panasonic DC-BS1H is the company’s second box camera, joining the Micro Four Thirds BGH1 in the lineup. Lumix BS1H which we rate as one of the best video cameras you can buy. The Lumix BS1H has the same video performance and capabilities as the Lumix S1H. This means it comes equipped with powerful internal recording options such as open gate 6K, 24p 4:2:0 10-bit and DCI 4K up to 60fps 4:2:0 10-bit, all without any recording time limit. Can we import and edit Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC .mov files in Vegas Pro smoothly?
Many users have bought Lumix BS1H camcorder to record high quality videos, but most of them have encountered the issue to import and edit Lumix BS1H H.265 files with Sony Vegas Pro on Mac. On video editing forums and websites many users have reported that Vegas Pro can’t support their Lumix BS1H recorded MOV files, what’s the main reason? It is because Lumix BS1H H.265/H.265 Long GOP/MOV format is not supported format of Vegas Pro, if you want to import videos from Lumix BS1H to Vegas Pro and edit natively, you will need to convert H.265 files to MPEG-2 codec, this is native supported codec of Vegas Pro, once you convert H.265 HEVC files from Lumix BS1H to Vegas MPG, you can edit 6K and 4K H.265 files with Vegas Pro natively.
Which software can do the 6K/4K H.265 to MPG conversion? We need to find a H.265 Video Converter to do this job. Fortunately, UFUSoft Video Converter for Mac is the best conversion software for converting any video to MPEG-2 codec with fast speed. The Lumix BS1H H.265 files will be converted by this H.265 to MPG Converter to Vegas Pro with no problems. Then you can edit Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC files in Vegas Pro without rendering.
How to Convert Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC files to Vegas MPG?
Step 1. Download H.265 Video Converter, install this software on your Mac computer, it is the MPG converter on the market, it can convert Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC .mov files and other fotmats into any formats you need. This video converter also has Windows version, so if you want to convert Lumix BS1H videos on Windows 11 or Windows 10, you can download the Windows version.
Step 2. Click “Add File” button on the top left corner you will be able to import videos into this Panasonic H.265 Video converter, you can load batch files at one time, you can also directly drag and drop Lumix BS1H H.265 files into the converter for conversion.
Step 3. Select MPEG-2 codec MPG for output. After you loaded the Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC files, you can click format column to select the output format you need. To edit Lumix BS1H H.265 files with Vegas Pro natively, you will need to convert H.265/HEVC to MPEG-2 codec, so you just need to select “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2 Video(*.mpg)” as output format. There are rich output formats in this Lumix BS1H to Vegas converter, you can also choose the output format as you want.
Step 4. Customization is available to use in this Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC converter, by clicking “Settings” button on the main interface, you can adjust the resolution, Bitrate, frame rate, codec and other parameters. If you don’t need to adjust you can skip this step.
Step 5. Click “Convert button to start Lumix BS1H H.265/HEVC to Vegas MPG conversion process.
The Panasonic H.265/HEVC to MPG converter will convert H.265/HEVC files from Lumix BS1H to Vegas Pro with high quality and speed, when your videos are converted to MOV files, you can import them into Sony Vegas Pro and then edit natively, you don’t need to render anymore, and you won’t have any importing or editing issues. Just try it.
UFUSoft Video Converter Ultimate for Mac offers one-stop solution for any media downloading and converting tasks. You can convert any DVD to MP4, DVD to FLV, DVD to MKV, DVD to MOV, DVD to AVI, DVD to WMV and more, convert any 4K Ultra videos (4K H.265/HEVC Video(*.mp4) /4K H.264 FLV Video (*.flv)) to 4K /1080p HD video and other your needed format like MTS, TS, MP4, AVI, MOV, M4V, WMV, MKV, FLV and more. It has the ability to download online videos like YouTube videos/music and more.